MERLIN Properties Annual Report 2022

MERLIN Properties | 83 Environmental performance of MERLIN Properties’ portfolio In line with market best practices in sustainability and to ensure that the results obtained are comparable to those reported by other companies in the sector, MERLIN reports on the environmental performance of its portfolio in accordance with the EPRA Sustainability Best Practice Recommendations (3rd edition, 2017) (1) . For more information on the environmental performance of MERLIN’s portfolio, and the methodology used, please refer to “Appendix I. Environmental performance reporting in accordance with the EPRA Sustainability Best Practices Recommendations (sBPR)”. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF MERLIN’S PORTFOLIO (2) (1) The third and most recent edition of the EPRA (European Public Real Estate Association) sBPR Guidelines from 2017 take the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Standards as a starting point. These standards are the most important sustainability reporting standard in the world. However, they are intended for a wide range of companies and as such they are generic and broad in nature. As a result, in some cases they do not address the specific characteristics of the real estate sector. Accordingly, the EPRA sBPR Guidelines provide very specific reporting criteria that sum up the requirements in the GRI Standards. Following the recommendations of the EPRA sBPR Guidelines, Appendix I includes a series of tables that provide a full breakdown of the portfolio’s environmental performance data. (2) The environmental indicators reported in the infographic only include information on assets over which MERLIN exercises operational control. ENERGY WATER WASTE 2020 2021 2022 Absolute LfL Absolute LfL Absolute LfL 365,134 GJ INT 0.210 GJ/sqm 101,426 Mwh INT 0.058 Mwh/sqm 436,963 GJ 0.223 GJ/sqm 121,378 Mwh 0.062 Mwh/sqm 436,344 GJ 0.219 GJ/sqm 121,206 Mwh 0.061 Mwh/sqm 336,735 GJ 0.261 GJ/sqm 93,537 Mwh 0.072 Mwh/sqm 368,763 GJ 0.283 GJ/sqm 102,434 Mwh 0.079 Mwh/sqm 360,268 GJ 0.277 GJ/sqm 100,074 Mwh 0.077 Mwh/sqm 480,580 m 3 INT 0.350 m 3 /sqm 535,055 m 3 0.377 m 3 /sqm 680,084 m 3 0.477 m 3 /sqm 467,187 m 3 0.361 m 3 /sqm 5516,756 m 3 0.392 m 3 /sqm 609,417 m 3 0.463 m 3 /sqm 4,951 tons 6,195 tons 7,512 tons 4,949 tons 5,847 tons 6,992 tons